Wilhelm married Caroline Rabe on 3 Dec 1858 in Addison, DuPage County, Illinois, United States of America. Caroline (daughter of Johann Heinrich Fredrich Rabe and Wilhelmine "Minna" Mätz) was born on 24 Mar 1840 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland; died on 13 Sep 1924 in Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska, United States of America; was buried in Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]